TY - GEN
T1 - Manufacturing And Performance Assessment Of Solar Photo-Voltaic Modules By Adopting Various Heat Dissipation Techniques
T2 - ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2021
AU - Subhan, Abdul
AU - Mourad, Abdel Hamid I.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by ASME.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - One of the major drawbacks in the performance of PV modules is their operating temperature which grows linearly with the irradiance. It is well known for a fact that solar cell temperature is directly dependent on the electrical conversion efficiency of a PV module. The extra heat generated by the PV module due to the absorption of incoming solar irradiance is seen as an electrical loss to the overall output of the system and also results in thermal stresses getting developed. Therefore, to tackle this issue of overheating, the focus of PV module research in the past two decades has always been to analyze & develop various kinds of Heat dissipation techniques to reduce its cell temperature thereby increasing the maximum power output of the panel. This work presents a comprehensive review of the technologies adopted by researchers for heat dissipation of PV systems by both active and passive cooling techniques such as hybrid Solar PV/T system, usage of phase change materials, improved heat exchanger channel design, heat sinks, jet impingement cooling, thermoelectric cooling etc. This manuscript considers also the most economical, feasible and cost-effective heat dissipation/cooling technique of the PV modules and finally to give a perspective of how feasible they are in being adopted by the manufacturing sector. The outcomes of this study can help researchers, designers and engineers to analyze and come up with a practical solution in development of PV systems.
AB - One of the major drawbacks in the performance of PV modules is their operating temperature which grows linearly with the irradiance. It is well known for a fact that solar cell temperature is directly dependent on the electrical conversion efficiency of a PV module. The extra heat generated by the PV module due to the absorption of incoming solar irradiance is seen as an electrical loss to the overall output of the system and also results in thermal stresses getting developed. Therefore, to tackle this issue of overheating, the focus of PV module research in the past two decades has always been to analyze & develop various kinds of Heat dissipation techniques to reduce its cell temperature thereby increasing the maximum power output of the panel. This work presents a comprehensive review of the technologies adopted by researchers for heat dissipation of PV systems by both active and passive cooling techniques such as hybrid Solar PV/T system, usage of phase change materials, improved heat exchanger channel design, heat sinks, jet impingement cooling, thermoelectric cooling etc. This manuscript considers also the most economical, feasible and cost-effective heat dissipation/cooling technique of the PV modules and finally to give a perspective of how feasible they are in being adopted by the manufacturing sector. The outcomes of this study can help researchers, designers and engineers to analyze and come up with a practical solution in development of PV systems.
KW - Heat dissipation
KW - Irradiance
KW - Operating temperature
KW - PV
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U2 - 10.1115/IMECE2021-72889
DO - 10.1115/IMECE2021-72889
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85124390393
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
BT - Heat Transfer and Thermal Engineering
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Y2 - 1 November 2021 through 5 November 2021
ER -